Fight The Fear Of Grammar And Ace Through IBPS Clerk Mains Exam

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IBPS is all set to conduct IBPS Clerk Mains on 19th January 2020. All those who have gone through IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam on 7th and 8th December 2019 must check IBPS Clerk Prelims Exam Analysis. IBPS Clerk Mains Exam is left with only 1 month and candidates who have checked their performance in the prelims exam should start their preparation for IBPS Clerk Mains Exam. This is the right time to work on your weakness and snatch a position for yourself in Public Sector Banks.

If you are starting your IBPS Clerk Mains Preparation, you should first understand IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern so that you can understand the nature of the examination.

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Pattern

Sr. No	Name of Tests(NOT BY SEQUENCE)	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks	Medium of Exam	Time allotted for each test (Separately timed)
1	General/ Financial Awareness	50	50	English & Hindi	35 minutes
2	English Language	40	40	English	35 minutes
3	Reasoning Ability & Computer Aptitude	50	60	English & Hindi	45 minutes
4	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50	English & Hindi	45 minutes
	Total	190	200		160 minutes

There is negative marking of 1/4th per question. Also, there is sectional cut-off as well as sectional timing in the IBPS Clerk Mains Exam.

IBPS Clerk Mains 2019: English Section Strategy

The section of English for IBPS Clerk 2019 carries a total of 40 question with a total score of 40 marks and 35 minutes sectional timing. English section requires proper practice and understanding of grammar. Also, if you prepare yourself as per a confined plan you will easily score marks in English for IBPS Clerk Mains.

How to Prepare Grammar for IBPS Clerk Mains

Importance of Grammar In English Section

English Section basically contains questions which requires grammar knowledge. Grammar is necessary to score well as it forms the backbone of the English Language. If you don’t have the knowledge of the same, you will never be able to form a proper sentence. If you are not good at grammar, do not worry as this article will eliminate all your worries and will help you in scoring exceptionally well.

Topics that requires grammar:

Grammar is the base of English Language. Almost entire IBPS Clerk English Language syllabus requires knowledge of grammar but some of the topics that has utmost inclination towards grammar are:

Cloze Test
Error Spotting
Phrasal Replacement
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English Grammar Strategy

IBPS Clerk Mains Exam has 4 sections in total. Out of which English is the one that has its relevance in both preliminary and mains exam. To ace this section, grammar knowledge is necessary.

Go through the Previous Year Paper first to understand the type of question asked in the examination.
Read newspaper and passages. You can also pick fictional/ Non-fictional books. Newspaper will help in not only improving your English language skills but also helps in GA section.
Start with ‘Article‘ as it is the most important and easiest part of grammar. Practice at least 20-30 questions that is in mock and previous year paper to clear your concept.
After Article, you can go for preposition, it is generally asked in fillers and can be easily aced if understood properly.
Work on the tenses as most of the times error spotting is due to the wrong tense. Tense dictates the verb. It defines the timeline of action. You have to memorise the verb forms.
Prepositions: Preposition brings out the relationship of an object to its surroundings. Preposition is always followed by the object of the sentence. So first the P and then the O. Strictly speaking, you should never end a sentence in preposition.The most common preposition on which the question are asked is ‘Of’ and ‘with’.
Question Tag: Questions tags are always opposite in sense to the question. If the question is positive, the tag will be negative.
Conjunctions and Verb comes after that. You can easily make a go in these topics as soon as you are done with the basic concept.
Voice: Active voice is simple to frame and speak. Active voice has a subject as the doer of the action. Remember that whenever you change a sentence from active to passive voice, the subject and the object swap. And if that involves the pronouns, they will swap to their relative object or subject pronoun form.
You have to anyhow know the basic concept, after that you can use some IBPS Clerk English shortcuts that will be applied only when you practice 20-25 questions of each topic.
Also, practice mock as much as you can. Especially, take sectional speed test to ace this section.

Follwing these important things in mind you can start your preparation. We have English Quiz for you and will update IBPS Clerk Mains English quiz shortly. Also, you can also opt for English Books for IBPS Clerk. We have the best book for English language that will ease your journey.